CN1173518C - Method and apparatus for a talk group call in wlreless communication system - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for a talk group call in wlreless communication system Download PDF

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CN1173518C
CN1173518C CNB018006396A CN01800639A CN1173518C CN 1173518 C CN1173518 C CN 1173518C CN B018006396 A CNB018006396 A CN B018006396A CN 01800639 A CN01800639 A CN 01800639A CN 1173518 C CN1173518 C CN 1173518C
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In a wireless code-division multiple access (CDMA) system (100), a talkgroup (101) of subscriber units is provided. A sub-talkgroup (102) of subscriber units, forming a part of the talkgroup is assigned at least one inbound channel (416-417). The talkgroup is assigned outbond channels (415). Members of the sub-talkgroup may simultaneously transmit voice information (410-411) using the at least one inbound channel, which voice information is summed (412) and re-transmitted to the talkgroup using the outbound channels. Voice information is summed so that an individual talker receives summed voice information without the individual subscriber's voice content. Subscriber units in the sub-listengroup are allowed to transmit voice information only after requesting, and receiving, an additional inbound channel.

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Talkgroup call method in the wireless communication system
Relevant pending application
The application is that this assignee has, on the same day application, sequence number is that 09/534,384 (attorney CE08344R), name are called the related application of the pending application of " talkgroup call method and apparatus in the wireless communication system ".
Technical field
What the present invention related to basically is the wireless code division multiple address system, more particularly, relates to the method and apparatus of the talkgroup call in this system.
Background technology
Two-way radio communications system in conjunction with the packet scheduling business is the known technology of this area.The packet scheduling business generally provides communication in phone group.Phone group is one group of subscriber unit (for example, onboard mobile telephone and/or hand-portable wireless device) that the logic that can participate in communicating by letter in the full class range links.In normal talk group communication, a subscriber unit of phone group sends the speech information that is received and resend other subscriber unit in the phone group by static infrastructure.This system generally uses frequency division multiple access (FDMA) and/or time division multiple access (TDMA) method to receive and broadcast this transmission.In the FDMA system, inbound channel is general forms a pair ofly with the departures channel, and inbound channel can only be used by a subscriber unit at every turn.Equally, in tdma system, inbound and departures time slot is formed a pair of, and once can only have a subscriber unit to send the inbound messages that is used to resend.
When these systems provided the group communication of usefulness, they also made these communications be subjected to some restrictions, only had a user " to have " calling in this group at any time.That is to say, owing to only have a subscriber unit to send at any time, thereby the more natural group's type communication that has a plurality of speakers or a plurality of listeners simultaneously can not be arranged.Although there are many method for prioritizing now, so that high priority user or generation high priority business (that is, urgent call) user can be declared as the owner of talkgroup call,, communication still is limited to single speaker/a plurality of listeners' general layout.
Current telephone service provides Conference Calling, and wherein a plurality of speakers and a plurality of listener can participate in calling out simultaneously.By distributing an independent inbound channel or time slot for each potential speaker, and distribute independently set off a channel or a time slot, can expand to current wireless system to Conference Calling for potential listener.In addition, also can distribute to each subscriber unit of phone group to full-duplex channel independently (inbound and departures resource).Although these methods are useful, they are that efficient is extremely low in the utilization of resources.For example, public security organs has and comprises that nearly the phone group of 100 subscriber units is not to be uncommon.Obviously, use independently inbound to 100 isolated user unit nearly and/or the departures resource is set up the communication resource that group's Conference Calling exceeds needs most of capacity of communication system.
Grube etc. transfer assignee of the present invention, the name be called " method and apparatus of talkgroup call in the wireless CDMA systems " the 6th, 005, solution to the problems referred to above is provided in No. 848 United States Patent (USP)s, and this patent is hereby expressly incorporated by reference.As described in Grube etc., distribute at least one inbound code for a branch phone group of phone group, distribute an outbound code for whole phone group.The member of branch phone group can use inbound code to send speech information simultaneously.With talker's speech information addition, and to all users broadcastings of phone group.Although above-mentioned technology provides the more natural conversation between the user really, the shortcoming of this method is that those individuals that talking can make their speech broadcast to themselves, and this may upset the talker.
Therefore, need and allow a plurality of users, and make actual talker can not hear the duplex communication between the member of phone group in the wireless communication system of the speech that they broadcast simultaneously to phone group's broadcasting.
Summary of the invention
The present invention generally provides the duplex communication in the phone group that talker's speech do not propagate into this talker.Distribute at least one inbound code for a subscriber unit branch phone group that forms phone group's part.Distribute a plurality of outbound codes to phone group.The member of branch phone group can utilize at least one inbound code to send speech information simultaneously, and speech information is added and utilizes outbound code to resend phone group.Thereby the speech information addition makes a talker can receive the not addition speech information of this voiceband user content.Be not included in the subscriber unit (branch is listened to group) in the branch phone group in the phone group, only after request and receiving additional inbound code, just be allowed to send speech information.
The present invention includes a kind of infrastructure that is used for fixing and set up the method for talkgroup call.This method may further comprise the steps: receive the talkgroup call request from one first subscriber unit in a plurality of subscriber units, request comprises the identifier of first subscriber unit and the identifier of phone group; According to talkgroup identifier, identification comprises the subscriber unit phone group of at least two subscriber units in a plurality of subscriber units; According to the identifier of first subscriber unit, a subscriber unit of identification phone group divides phone group; The user who listens in the group for branch distributes outbound code, is that user in the branch phone group distributes a plurality of outbound codes in man-to-man mode; At last, be that user in the branch phone group distributes at least one inbound code in man-to-man mode.
The present invention comprises that also a kind of fixing infrastructure sets up the method for talkgroup call.The method comprising the steps of: receive the inbound voice data from a plurality of subscriber units in the phone group, inbound voice data comprises the voice data from first user.Inbound voice data addition, to generate the first addition voice data; From the addition voice data, remove first user's voice data, to generate the second addition voice data; The first addition voice data is sent to branch listen to user in the group, the second addition voice data is sent to first user.
The present invention also comprises a kind of method, and this method comprises the steps: to receive the inbound voice data from a plurality of subscriber units in the phone group, and inbound voice data comprises the voice data from first user.The first addition voice data is sent to branch listen in the group not the user of speech, wherein the first addition voice data comprises the voice data sum of a plurality of subscriber units that send inbound speech; At last, the second addition voice data is sent to the user who is talking in the phone group, wherein the second addition voice data comprises the first addition voice data that does not contain individual caller's speech content.
The present invention also comprises a kind of wireless communication system, and it comprises receiver, and as input, and output is suitable for the voice signal of addition to this receiver with individual consumer's voice signal and a plurality of other inbound voice signal.This receiver also has add circuit, its with this voice signal that is suitable for addition as input, and output addition voice signal, wherein the addition voice signal comprises that a plurality of inbound voice signal sums deduct this individual consumer's voice signal.At last, receiver has transtation mission circuit, and as input, and output is suitable for the coded speech signal that received by this individual consumer with this addition voice signal for it.
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Fig. 1 is the block diagram according to a wireless communication system of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the flow chart of explanation according to static infrastructure using method of the present invention;
Fig. 3 shows an adducible table when setting up phone group according to the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the block diagram of explanation according to the operation of the wireless communication system among Fig. 1 of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is the flow chart of explanation according to the using method of subscriber unit of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is the flow chart of explanation according to the operation of the wireless communication system among Fig. 1 of the present invention; With
Fig. 7 is the block diagram of time slot allocation of the TDMA wireless communication system of key diagram 6.
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With reference to figure 1-5, can the present invention will be described in more detail.Fig. 1 is the block diagram according to a wireless communication system 100 of the present invention.In this preferred embodiment of the present invention, communication system 100 used a kind of cdma2000 International Telecommunications Union-radio communication (ITU-R) Radio Transmission Technology (RTT) candidate present a paper in the explanation CDMA structure of future generation, but in alternate embodiment, communication system 100 can be used other analog or digital cellular communication system agreement, for example, but be not limited to, gsm (GSM) agreement of future generation, or the cdma system agreement described in " the individual's station-base station compatibility to 1.8 to 2.0GHz code division multiple access (CDMA) PCS Personal Communications System requires " (J-STD-008 of American National Standards Institute (ANSI)).
Wireless communication system 100 is included in the radio communication with static infrastructure 103 and is arranged in a plurality of subscriber unit 104-109 at least one phone group 101.Phone group 101 also comprise branch phone group 102 and branch listen to the group 130.In example, the subscriber unit that is marked by label 104-106 is included in phone group 101 and the branch phone group 102, listens in the group and be included in branch by the subscriber unit that label 107-109 marks.In this preferred embodiment, the duplex communication that each subscriber unit 104-109 can carry out.But, will describe in detail as following, in theory, only there are those to be included in subscriber unit in the branch phone group and just allow to participate in the duplex communication relevant with phone group 101.
In cdma system, provide communication channel 117-125 effectively by using extended code.To further describe as following, use outbound code each subscriber unit in phone group 101 that outbound data channel 117-122 is provided effectively.In addition, use inbound code (having used three inbound codes in the example depicted in fig. 1) each subscriber unit in minute phone group 102 that inbound communication channel 123-125 is provided effectively.
Static infrastructure 103 comprises the common required parts that those support communication in the wireless system 100, and in this preferred embodiment, meets the CDMA structure based on information block.More particularly, static infrastructure 103 comprises the board 110 of communicating by letter with controller 111, and controller 111 communicates with base-station transceiver system (BTS) 112-113 again.Board 110 (being commonly referred to mobile switching centre or MSC), controller (being commonly referred to base station controller or BSC) 111 and BTS are the known technologies of this area.In practice, board 110 is generally communicated by letter with more than one controller, and can communicate by letter with unshowned miscellaneous equipment.Purpose for simplifying is limited to static infrastructure 103 as shown in Figure 1.Static infrastructure 103 also can comprise a scheduling controller 114 of communicating by letter with BTS 112-113.Suitable scheduling controller 114 is dispatch application processor (Dispatch Application Processor) that the Motorola Inc. that uses in " iDEN " wireless communication system makes.The management that group calls in several is handled is preferably handled by controller 111, if or used scheduling controller 114, then handle by scheduling controller 114.In addition, will illustrate, can distribute to whole static infrastructure 103 to the function that group calls in several is handled as following.
Fig. 2 is the flow chart of explanation static infrastructure 103 usings method.Although the method shown in Fig. 2 is generally carried out by static infrastructure 103, this method is preferably carried out by controller 111, if or used scheduling controller 114, carry out by scheduling controller 114 so.Also can be assigned to whole static infrastructure 103 to the function shown in Fig. 2.Method shown in Fig. 2 realizes with the saved software program that generally this software program is carried out by the platform of this software of storage.
In step 202, the talkgroup call request that static infrastructure 103 receives from the subscriber unit of phone group 101.The subscriber unit of filing a request can be among the subscriber unit 104-106 that is included in the branch phone group 102, or it can be one that does not belong among 102 members' of minute phone group the subscriber unit 107-109.In any case, this request comprises the identifier of a requests subscriber unit, with the identifier that will set up the phone group that communicates by letter to it.In step 204, static infrastructure 103 utilizes the identifier of a table and phone group and requests subscriber unit to determine to be established as which subscriber unit in the phone group 101 the duplexing participant of talkgroup call, that is, those are included in the subscriber unit in the branch phone group 102.Further specify the table that is used for this purpose with reference to figure 3.
Fig. 3 shows static infrastructure 103 operable tables 300 when setting up talkgroup call.Table 300 comprises the knowledge symbol 302 of a series of identifier 301 phone group and requests subscriber unit and the clauses and subclauses 301-303 that connects corresponding to the identifier 303 of the branch phone group of each requests subscriber unit.A benefit of this structure is by the clauses and subclauses in the change table 300, and the various different configurations of branch phone group can be provided on dynamic basis.With reference to example shown in Figure 3, the phone group that is designated TG 001 comprises and is designated SU 001, and SU 002, and SU 003, and SU 004, the subscriber unit of SU 008 and SU 009.Therefore, when subscriber unit SU 003 has asked talkgroup call, subscriber unit SU 001, SU 002, SU003, SU 004, and SU 008 and SU 009 are included in the phone group, and subscriber unit SU 001 and SU 008 are established as the duplex branch member of phone group.As an alternative, as subscriber unit SU 002, SU 004, or any one request during talkgroup call among the SU 009, subscriber unit SU 001, SU 002, SU003, SU 004, and SU 008 and SU 009 are included in the phone group, and only has subscriber unit SU 001 to be set up as the duplex branch member of phone group.
The data that are input in duplex the branchs phone group clauses and subclauses 303 can be imported by a system manager, or a kinematic function that can be used as variety of event is automatically imported.A kind of mode that dynamically updates of carrying out branch phone group clauses and subclauses 303 is to store the identifier of the subscriber unit that nearest participation communicates by letter with requests subscriber unit continuously.That is to say, when setting up One-to-one communication, can upgrade branch phone group clauses and subclauses, to comprise that into those participate in the identifier of the subscriber unit of this One-to-one communication with a given unit.As an alternative, can add the join request Any user unit of the talkgroup call (below will further describe) that subscriber unit initiates of request to suitable branch phone group clauses and subclauses.The time window that is used for this " recently " communication is a design alternative problem, and can be according to absolute time (for example, only adding the subscriber unit that communicated in last X minute), or order (for example, only adding last X subscriber unit that communicates).Another kind method is to upgrade branch phone group clauses and subclauses 303 according to the relative preference of subscriber unit in the phone group.Therefore, for any given subscriber unit, branch phone group only comprises in the phone group that those have the subscriber unit of the same with given unit at least high preference.With the change of the priority of subscriber unit, can correspondingly upgrade branch phone group clauses and subclauses 303.Also having a kind of method is to upgrade branch phone group clauses and subclauses 303 according to the position toward each other of subscriber unit.Therefore, when a given subscriber unit has upgraded its current location, upgrade branch phone group, only to comprise the subscriber unit in those preset distances (for example, a mile) at given subscriber unit corresponding to this subscriber unit.Certainly, those skilled in the art should know can also other method.In addition, also can use other embodiment that can obtain with table 300 identical result.
The user can listen to dynamically switching between the group in minute phone group and branch.If a user need become branch phone group part, distribute a new inbound and departures channel for so this user.Then, this user listens to group from branch and switches to branch phone group.In order to save the RF resource, if the user in minute phone group only needs to listen to, discharge the inbound of this user and departures channel so, and give this user the departures channel allocation that branch is listened in the group.Then, this user switches to branch from a minute phone group and listens to group.
Get back to Fig. 2, determined to divide listen to group 130 and branchs phone group 102 after, static infrastructure 103 is distributed to branch respectively with a plurality of departures and inbound code and is listened to and organize and branch phone group.In this preferred embodiment of the present invention, those users that listen in the group 130 to branch distribute a multiple access communication departures channel.But everyone divides the unique channel that is used in the departures transmission to those users in the branch phone group 102.If a user/talker is only arranged in minute phone group, so just do not need to distribute the departures channel to this user/talker.For this purpose, at step 206 static infrastructure 103, determine a plurality of outbound codes of phone group's 101 uses and at least one inbound code that branch phone group 102 uses.Static infrastructure 103 can be determined the inbound code that branch phone group 102 will use, or is more preferably each member's who determines to distribute to branch phone group 102 independently inbound code.Outbound code is used for being established to the departures channel 117-122 (being commonly referred to down link or forward channel) of phone group's 101 each subscriber unit.This at least one inbound channel (being commonly referred to up link or backward channel) is that each member to minute phone group 102 uses.In step 208, notify phone group 101 with outbound code and at least one inbound code.This notice can utilize the control channel of the PN sign indicating number of all knowing based on each subscriber unit to finish, and each subscriber unit is monitored this control channel.
In this preferred embodiment of the present invention, if the maximum number of user amount in the branch phone group is 1, group calls in several and iDEN dispatch call are similar so.This only needs an inbound channel and a departures channel.If the maximum number of user amount in the branch phone group equal phone group number of users, group calls in several and full duplex Conference Calling are similar so.This needs N inbound channel and N departures channel, and wherein N is a number of users in the phone group.But, if divide in the phone group maximum number of user amount M 1 and N between, group calls in several is taken as the M-master scheduling and calls out so.This design needs M inbound channel and M+1 departures channel.
After having finished assignment of code, those subscriber units that only are included in the branch phone group 102 can carry out the inbound transmission of talkgroup call.As a result, in step 210, scheduling controller 114 receives the speech information stream from the one or more subscriber units in minute phone group 102.Speech stream is sent to scheduling controller through base station 112-113.Unique inbound code of having supposed at least two subscriber units for assignment in the branch phone group 102, the arrival that the speech information stream that static infrastructure 103 receives can walk abreast promptly, arrives to represent normal group type communication mode.As known in the art, those current unit that do not send speech will send idle pulley in the branch phone group 102.In step 212, static infrastructure 103 (scheduling controller 114) flows addition with speech information, to produce the speech information of addition.Operable various addition technology includes, but is not limited to the arithmetic addition in conference telephone bridger or the signal processor.If speech information stream is a kind of form that is unsuitable for addition, for example, the compressed digital speech so as known in the art, may need at least one intermediate code transducer to come the speech information circulation is changed into a kind of form that can addition.Should be pointed out that when using enhanced variable rate code device (EVRC), two people's the speech because the EVRC vocoder can only be encoded at most, thereby only have two signals to be combined.If plural people's speech is added to together, insert the limit that sign indicating number information has exceeded the EVRC vocoder so.Therefore, when using the EVRC vocoder, only there is the voice signal of two highest energies to be added.In this preferred embodiment of the present invention, determine where the sum signal of gained is sent to, and in the time of the gained signal will being sent to the current talker in the branch phone group 102, so the speech of this talker in the gained addition speech is removed (step 212) from sum signal.If the gained signal is sent to one is not the subscriber unit of current speech, does not have voice signal to remove from sum signal in step 212 so.
No matter use which kind of addition method, static infrastructure 103 all will use outbound code to send the speech information of addition subsequently.Owing to used outbound code, thereby has only the subscriber unit that has used this particular code speech information of addition that can receive and reset.Because the speech information of addition is represented a plurality of speakers, thereby realized better group's group communication.In addition, owing to removed themselves speech, thereby prevented that user's speech from broadcasting themselves from each user's exit signal.
The subscriber unit that the present invention considers the current member who is not minute phone group 102 in advance thereby can not send speech information may need request to allow to send.Therefore, in step 214, static infrastructure 103 determines to divide to listen to whether have the Any user unit to send talk request in the group.Talk request is based on not being that the channel (that is control channel) of code of distributing to the inbound code of branch phone group 102 go up to send at one.Talk request comprises the identifier of phone group 101 and the identifier of the subscriber unit that request is talked.If receive such request, in step 216, static infrastructure is determined an additional inbound code, and they are preferably different with the inbound code that distributed in the past.Then, in step 208 additional inbound code is notified to request unit, and carries out talkgroup call, just increased request unit as the speaker in calling out as Yi Qian.As mentioned above, can upgrade the table of discussing with reference to Fig. 3, so that request unit (that is the unit that, has distributed additional inbound code) is included in the branch phone group clauses and subclauses that are used for setting up the current talking group calls in several.The operation of the subscriber unit of replenish step 214 and 216 is discussed below with reference to Fig. 5.
Suppose not receive in step 214 request of speech, static infrastructure 103 determines whether that in step 218 a user/talker in the branch phone group only needs to listen to rather than talk.If a user/talker in minute phone group only needs to listen to, discharge the inbound of this user and departures channel in step 220 so, and give this user the departures channel allocation that branch is listened to group.This user transfers to branch from a minute phone group and listens to group.
Then, static infrastructure 103 determines whether (step 222) talkgroup call finishes.Should be known in the end that to use various technology for detection talkgroup call.For example, after all unit stop to send idle pulley or speech information, can use an overtime timer.As an alternative, also can use all subscriber units in the branch phone group 102 all to remove the detection that connects.No matter use which kind of technology, suppose that talkgroup call finishes, outbound code and inbound code that static infrastructure 103 discharges in step 224.Identical with step 208, the release of departures and inbound code can use the control access channel of known PN sign indicating number to carry out by one.
Can further specify operation of the present invention with reference to figure 4.In Fig. 4, static infrastructure 103 is included in the independently receiver 409 of speech information stream 410-411 is provided on 102 members' of branch phone group the transmission basis, the adder 412 and 415 of speech information stream 410-411 addition, with utilize outbound code 425-427 (being labeled as Code A, D and E) speech information 413 of addition to be sent to the reflector 414 of phone group 101.102 members' of branch phone group transmission is based on inbound code 416-417 (being labeled as " Code B " and " Code C ").In this preferred embodiment of the present invention, adder 412 and 415 is the parts that are present in the scheduling controller 114 of 112-112 outside, base station.
As shown in Figure 4, each subscriber unit 104-109 has one group of common means.More particularly, control and processing unit 401 are connected to memory 402, wherein control and processing unit 401 generally comprise one or more treatment facilities (for example, microprocessor, digital signal processor, or the like).Control and processing unit 401 are connected to transmitter 403, receiver 404, loud speaker 405, microphone 406 and input equipment 407.In these parts each all is known technically.Under the control of the software algorithm in being stored in memory 402, control and processing unit 401 are carried out those required tasks of subscriber unit operation.Receiver 404 is used for receiving the departures that talkgroup call uses and/or the distribution of inbound code, and receives the release of departures and/or inbound code subsequently.In addition, in all subscriber units in being included in phone group 101, handle according to outbound code 425-427 modulation and the addition speech information that receives by receiver 404, and be provided to loud speaker 405.By this way, the subscriber unit in the phone group 101 can be monitored the outbound data corresponding to talkgroup call.The input equipment 407 that can comprise keyboard, menu-drive display or similar devices is so that the user can send talk request.In duplexing subscriber unit (that is, dividing the member of phone group 102), handle language, and be provided to reflector 403, to send according to inbound code 416-417 as a speech information stream by microphone 406 inputs.The duplex subscriber unit also utilizes a voice operated switch unit (VOX) to send the Continuous Flow of a speech information (when microphone 406 is received language) or idle pulley (when microphone 406 is not received language).
In the example of Fig. 4, the subscriber unit in the branch phone group 102 has used two inbound codes of uniqueness (being Code B and Code C) to send speech information stream 410-411.In practice, inbound code Code B and/or Code C not only are used to send inbound speech information, also can be used for transmission power control information, so that static infrastructure 103 can be known the state of outbound code.That is to say that static infrastructure 103 can be regulated the departures transmitting power with respect to outbound code, so that keep communication.In addition, the addition speech information that has used several outbound codes (Code A, D and E) emission to obtain.In practice, outbound code not only is used to send addition speech information 413, also can be used for the control information such as inbound assignment of code and power control information is sent to the member of branch phone group 102.
As mentioned above, a plurality of subscriber units as 102 members of minute phone group can send speech to static infrastructure 103 simultaneously.In this preferred embodiment of the present invention, receiver 409 receives voice signal and is delivered to processor 418.Processor 418 can be delivered to adder 412 to all codes, but when used the EVRC vocoder, and the speech information that two highest energies are only arranged is from processor 418 transmission, with in adder 412 additions.Then, the addition speech that obtains is delivered to second adder 415, in second adder 415, removes the voice signal of body one by one from sum signal 413.In this preferred embodiment of the present invention, control and processing unit 418 voice signal of body one by one are delivered to adder 415, thereby even make and should have the highest speech energy by the individuality voice signal, also can remove it from sum signal 413.The individual voice signal that passes to adder 415 is to determine according to the place that the signal 419 that obtains will send.For example, if having used the signal of a particular code (Code D) to send to user 104, will be delivered to adder 415 from user 104 voice signal so and from signal 413, remove.Then, expand the signal (signal 419) that obtains and send to user 104 with a particular code (Code D).The result is that user 104 receives and do not comprise all (or two highest energies) composite signals of talkers simultaneously of sending signal from user 104 inbound channel.
Therefore, according to this preferred embodiment of the present invention, a particular speaker in the branch phone group 102 receives a combined speech that comprises all talkers in the branch phone group 102, still, has been removed from exit signal from the speech of this particular speaker.Divide those unit 107-109 that listens in the group will receive all talkers' composite signal, do not have speech from signal 413, to remove.This is not delivered to adder 415 to signal in hope by processing unit 418 and realizes when unit 107-109 sends.
As mentioned above, divide the subscriber unit of listening in the group to send talk request, so that participate in talkgroup call to static infrastructure 103.Further show the operation of subscriber unit for this purpose among Fig. 5.In step 502, the outbound code that subscriber unit receives relevant talkgroup call distributes.As mentioned above, this distribution generally is to send by the control access channel that utilizes known codes to set up.
In step 504, subscriber unit also can be monitored the outbound data of relevant talkgroup call.This step is optionally, because the user of subscriber unit can select not monitor talkgroup call, or receives after the distribution of outbound code, and outbound data may not occur immediately.In any case, in step 506, subscriber unit detects the needs that send talk request, and the purpose of request is to participate in talkgroup call.In step 508 after static infrastructure 103 has sent talk request, next in step 510, if when in minute phone group more than one talker being arranged, subscriber unit receives the distribution of additional inbound code and the distribution of additional outbound code from static infrastructure 103.After receiving distribution, in step 512, if when having more than one talker, subscriber unit can begin to utilize inbound code to send additional speech information stream, and utilizes outbound code to receive additional speech information stream.Like this, any given subscriber unit can keep only listening the participant as one, or when needed, and changing its state becomes and enliven participant (that is talker) in the talkgroup call.
Fig. 6 be explanation according to the present invention the block diagram of the operation of wireless communication system among Fig. 1 of an alternate embodiment.In this alternate embodiment of the present invention, communication system 100 has been used time division multiple access (TDMA) system protocol.Below utilize these alternate embodiments of communication system 100 explanation, communication system 100 is the iDEN  system that provides of Motorola Inc. preferably.Base station 112-113 preferably includes " iDEN " enhancing base transceiver station (EBTS) that Motorola Inc. provides, and provides the dispatching communication business to subscriber unit 104-109 at least.Communication unit 104-109 preferably includes double-direction radio or radiotelephone installation, and for example, Motorola " iDEN " moves or portable wireless apparatus.
In Fig. 6, static infrastructure 103 comprises that the transmission according to 102 members of minute phone group provides the independently receiver 609 of speech information stream 601-611, speech information is flowed the adder 612 of 610-611 addition, with utilize departures channel 625-627 (being labeled as channel A, D and E) speech information 613 of addition to be sent to the transmitter 614 of phone group 101.Different with the preferred embodiment that uses the cdma system structure, in alternate embodiment, channel comprises a kind of specific frequency/time slot combination.102 members' of branch phone group transmission is based on inbound channel 616-617 (being labeled as " channel B " and " channel C ").
As shown in Figure 6, each subscriber unit 104-109 has one group of common means.More particularly, have one generally comprise one or more treatment facilities (for example, microprocessor, digital signal processor, or the like) control and processing unit 601 be connected to memory 602.Control and processing unit 601 are connected to transmitter 603, receiver 604, loud speaker 605, microphone 606, input equipment 607, time-division switching 608 and 609.In these parts each all is known in this area.Under the control of the software algorithm in being stored in memory 602, control and processing unit 601 are carried out those required tasks of subscriber unit operation.Receiver 604 is used for receiving the departures that talkgroup call uses and/or the distribution of inbound channel, and then receives the release of departures and/or inbound channel.In addition, in phone group 101 in all subscriber unit, handle according to 625-627 modulation of departures channel and the addition speech information 613 that receives by receiver 604, and be provided to loud speaker 605.Like this, the subscriber unit in the phone group 101 can be monitored the outbound data corresponding to talkgroup call.Can comprise a keyboard, the input equipment 607 of menu-drive display or similar devices makes the user can send talk request.In duplexing subscriber unit (that is, dividing the member of phone group 102), handle language, and be provided to transmitter 603, to send according to inbound channel 616-617 as a speech information stream by microphone 606 inputs.The duplex subscriber unit also utilizes audio-switch parts (VOX) 608, thereby can send the Continuous Flow of speech information (when microphone 606 receives language), or idle pulley (when microphone 606 does not receive language).
In the example of Fig. 6, subscriber unit utilizes the inbound channel of two uniquenesses in the branch phone group 102, and channel B and channel C send speech information stream 610-611.In practice, inbound channel, (channel B and/or channel C) not only is used to send inbound speech information, also can be used for transmission power control information, thereby makes static infrastructure 103 can know the state of departures channel.That is to say that static infrastructure 103 can be according to departures channel adjustment departures transmitting power, so that keep communication.In addition, used several departures channel 625-627 (channel A, D and E) to send the addition speech information that obtains.
As mentioned above, a plurality of subscriber units as 102 members of minute phone group can send speech simultaneously to static infrastructure 103.In this preferred embodiment of the present invention, voice signal receives by receiver 604, and is delivered to processor 618.Processor 618 can still, when having used the EVRC vocoder, only transmit two highest energy voice signals from processor 618, with addition in adder 612 all channel transfer to adder 612.Then, the addition speech that obtains is delivered to switch 615, in switch 615,, sum signal 613 is delivered to transmitter 614, or does not transmit according to the transmission place of current talker with the signal 619 that obtains.For example, if having used the signal of a particular channel (channel D) to send to user 104, switch 615 is not delivered to transmitter 614 to the voice signal from user 104 so.The result is when user 104 is talking, and user 104 receives the signal that does not contain the speech composition that can hear.
Therefore, according to this preferred embodiment of the present invention, a specific user in the branch phone group 102 receives the exit signal that comprises all talkers' combined speech in the branch phone group 102, but, when this specific user is talking, switch 615 does not transmit composite signal 413, makes the user not receive the signal that can hear.Transmit composite signal 613 by switch 615, divide those unit 107-109 that listens in the group will receive all talkers' composite signal.
Manipulate different time slots in order to save the RF resource, to transmit and receive.For example, with reference to Fig. 7, when the iDEN system called out, the inbound frame 702 of travelling carriage was used a time slot (for example, time slot 3), and its outbound frame 701 is also used same time slot (for example, time slot 3).In this preferred embodiment of the present invention, the departures time slot in the outbound frame 701 (time slot 3) is designed to postpone a time slot afterwards at inbound time slot (702) (time slot 3).Because inbound different in time with the departures time slot, by service time switch 608 and 609 avoided use RF duplexer in travelling carriage.
When travelling carriage carried out the calling of 2-caller (more than one talker) dispatching telephone, the caller belonged to branch phone group 102 (caller is defined as first calling subscriber) at first.Distribute an inbound time slot (for example, time slot 3) by static infrastructure 103 to the caller.And distribute to have by static infrastructure 103 and belong to the departures time slot (time slot 3) that branchs listened to the identical inbound timeslot number of organizing other callee of 130.Listening to the listener of group in 130 when branch needs speech, and its request is fixed infrastructure 103 when getting permission, and this listener listens to group 130 from branch and transfers to branch phone group 101.In this preferred embodiment of the present invention, with a pair of inbound and departures time slots (for example time slot 4) be distributed to new talker (second talker is defined as second calling subscriber).In order to give first talker ability that (first calling subscriber) listens to, the departures time slot (time slot 3) identical with inbound time slot distributed to first talker (first calling subscriber).Must listen to group 130 to branch and distribute a new departures time slot (time slot 2) that is different from identical departures time slot (time slot 3).
If first talker (first calling subscriber) rings off, discharge the inbound of it and departures time slot (Tx/Rx time slot 3) so.Also discharge second talker (second calling subscriber's) departures time slot (Rx time slot 4).Be used for other and call out in order to save resource, second talker's inbound timeslot number (Tx timeslot number 4) is changed into dividing to listen to organized 130 identical departures timeslot numbers (being timeslot number 2) here.Then, with second talker's called after, first talker (first calling subscriber).
If there be N participant to wish speech, need N to add a receiving slot so to transmitting and receiving time slot, wherein N is the number of members of branch phone group 103.In the iDEN system, 6 time slots are only arranged on a channel.If N is greater than 5, some participants in the phone group 103 must be rescheduled to other channel so, listen to departures of group 130 reservations time slot because be necessary for branch.
In traditional iDEN dispatch group is called out, a monitoring (supervision) pattern is arranged.If a participant has supervisor's priority, replace current scheduling talker's speech to send to branchs from its speech of an inbound time slot so and listen to and organize 130 listener.In the present invention, with supervisor's speech and current talker's speech addition, send to branch and listen to all listeners in the group.
In a word, the invention provides a kind of method and apparatus that in phone group, carries out duplex communication.By utilizing effective CDMA or tdma system resource allocation methods, the invention enables the branch phone group of subscriber unit in wireless duplexing Conference Calling, to talk, simultaneously other potential member can listen in very big phone group, and if desired, can participate in calling.Like this, can realize more natural group's type communication, and can not increase unsuitable burden the use of wireless communication resources.
Although the present invention is with reference to the certain preferred embodiment explanation, under the situation that does not break away from novel essence of the present invention and scope.Those skilled in the art can carry out many improvement and change, for example, although the front is to deduct the explanation preferred embodiment by the speech with a user from sum signal,, can use the not sum signal of this voiceband user of other technical construction.For example, in order to be substituted in the voice signal that adder 415 deducts the user, in an alternate embodiment, cancelled adder 415, in the time will sending to this user to the sum signal that obtains, processing unit 418 just is not delivered to adder 412 with this user's voice signal simply.

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1. one kind is used for setting up the method for talkgroup call at wireless communication system for static infrastructure, and this wireless communication system comprises and a plurality of subscriber units of static infrastructure radio communication that described method comprises the steps:
Reception is from the talkgroup call request of first subscriber unit in a plurality of subscriber units, and request comprises the identifier of first subscriber unit and the identifier of phone group;
According to the identifier of phone group, identification comprises the subscriber unit phone group of at least two subscriber units in a plurality of subscriber units;
According to the identifier of first subscriber unit, the branch phone group of identification phone group subscriber unit;
Distribute outbound code for the user in the phone group that does not belong to branch phone group;
Distribute a plurality of outbound codes for the user in the branch phone group in man-to-man mode; And
Distribute at least one inbound code for the user in the branch phone group in man-to-man mode.
2. method according to claim 1, the step of described identification phone group comprise that also table of identifier retrieval according to phone group is to select the step of relevant with the identifier of phone group uniquely clauses and subclauses.
3. method according to claim 2, the step of described identification branch phone group also comprises the step of retrieving these clauses and subclauses according to the identifier of first subscriber unit.
4. method according to claim 3, the step of described identification branch phone group comprise that also identification participates in the step of the subscriber unit of the phone group that communicates by letter with first subscriber unit recently.
5. method according to claim 3, the step of described identification branch phone group comprise that also identification has and first subscriber unit step of the subscriber unit of the phone group of same priority at least.
6. method according to claim 3, the step of described identification branch phone group comprise that also identification has the step of subscriber unit of the phone group of the position in the first subscriber unit preset distance.
7. method according to claim 1 also comprises the steps:
According to described at least one inbound code, receive speech information stream from the subscriber unit of minute phone group;
Speech information stream is generated the addition speech information mutually; And
According to distributing to the outbound code that does not belong to the user of branch phone group in the phone group, send the speech information of addition.
8. method according to claim 7 also comprises the step that discharges described outbound code and described at least one inbound code when talkgroup call finishes.
9. method according to claim 7 also comprises the steps:
Reception is from the talk request of second subscriber unit in the phone group that does not belong to branch phone group;
Give second subscriber units for assignment additional inbound code;
According to additional inbound code, receive additional speech information stream from second subscriber unit; And
Speech information stream with add speech information stream and generated the addition speech information mutually.
10. method according to claim 1 also comprises the steps:
According to described at least one inbound code, receive speech information stream from least one subscriber unit of minute phone group;
Generate the speech information of addition, the speech information of this addition comprises that the speech information stream sum that is received deducts the speech information stream that a subscriber unit from described at least one subscriber unit of described minute phone group receives; And
According to the outbound code of the described subscriber unit in described at least one subscriber unit of distributing to described minute phone group, send the speech information of described addition.
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